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Mr. Thorsen				The “Great” War	    		 Modern World History 

World War I: The Beginning
-Causes
-Otto Von Bismarck’s plan
-Triple Alliance
-why Russia left the alliance with Germany
-Triple Entente     
-reason G.B. joins French
-Russia viewed itself as the champion of whom?
-goal of Serbia was:
-June 28, 1914      
     -who is shot in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip    
     -why did this anger the Austrians?
-July 28, 1914     
     -Austria declares war on whom after issuing an 
      ultimatum?
-why does Russia get involved?
-how did Russia drag Germany into the war?
-reason Germany invades France
-what drags Great Britain into the war?
-who did Italy side with and why?
-Central Powers vs. Allied Powers

 World War I: The War is On
-Battle of Tannenberg 1914  
     -Eric Von Ludendorff  & Paul Von Hindenburg
-Battle of the Marne 1914     
-stalemate and trench warfare
-type of naval blockades by G.B. and Germany
-convoy system
-Gallipoli 1915 & Armenian Christian massacre	
-Battle of Verdun 1916
     -attrition
-Battle of the Somme 1916
-what took Russia out of the war?
     -role of Lenin, Karl Marx & Bolsheviks
     -the effect of Russia pulling out of the war
-new technologies in warfare

World War I: US At War
-reasons the U.S. attempted to remain neutral
-four reasons the U.S. joined the Allied side	
	-Wilson & Mexico
-America Expeditionary Force (AEF)
-Red Baron, Sgt.York
-Battle of 2nd Marne 1918
-Woodrow Wilson, his 14pts and their effect on the
  Central Powers
-what ended the Central Powers’ empires and
 involvement in the war?
-Influenza of 1918 (Spanish Flu)
-Armistice of November 11, 11:00 A.M. 1918

World War I: The Blame Game
-the Treaty of Versailles
     -war guilt clause
     -redrawing Europe
     -who is excluded and who leaves angry 
-US reaction to Treaty of Versailles
     -League of Nations
-death of empires
-St. Hoover
-US in Russia

Map Locations
Atlantic Ocean, Austria, Belgium, Black Sea, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Holland, Italy, Mediterranean Sea, North Sea. Ottoman Empire, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Switzerland